King Roman, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and Count of Lubraniec, was born in Scotland during World War II by Katherine Mann (1913-2012) of Edinburgh, and he has lived in Australia since 1967, the year his father Prince Roman Emil Dambski (Boryslaw 1901-1967 Gliwice) died. Prince Roman I inherited the title of Grand Duke of Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, in 1943, when the hereditary Grand Duke of Lithuania, Prince Wladislaw Gedroyc, died.

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In 1992, King Roman, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, met his stepmother Princess Paulina Dambska (1905-1993), who married Count Roman Dambski of Lubraniec at Lwow in 1927, and took his name. The meeting took place at Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland. King Roman also visited his father's tomb at Brama 4 Warsaw, in 1992, and discovered the inscriptions Count of Lubraniec and Grand Duke/Prince of Lithuania.

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In February 1993, Princess Paulina died in Warsaw, and letters patent subsequently acknowledged His Royal Highness, Prince Roman II, Grand Duke of Lithuania, dated 12 February 1993.

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Princess Paulina's father was Prince Wladislaw Gedroyc (1862-1943, Zubracze). Prince Gedroyc was elevated to Grand Duke/Prince for Lithuania in 1569 by King Zygmunt II of Poland. Russia granted various letters patent to Princes Gedroyc through the 19th century, at Vilnius and St Petersburg.